The 12 Dumbest Convicted Athletes

With Plaxico Burress having just been sentenced to two years in jail for possessing and discharging a firearm in a public space, we are reminded that these masters of the field and the court are just people, too. They make mistakes, and have to pay for them. However, sometimes the mistakes they make are so hilariously idiotic, we can’t help but make fun of them. Here are the 12 Dumbest Convicted Athletes.

The feared Red Wing and Blackhawk took his tough guy image with him when he retired.

Two years after retirement, Probert was arrested for parking on the wrong side of the street and getting into a fight about drugs with complete strangers. Probert became belligerent and had to be subdued with a taser and stun darts.